DSV Seeds
German cooperative seed company offering wheat, rapeseed, barley and grass varieties to European cereal producers and agri-dealers through a network of regional agronomists and authorised dealer stores.
DSV Seeds (Deutsche Saatveredelung) is a German seed company headquartered in Lippstadt, North Rhine-Westphalia, established in 1961 as a cooperative breeding enterprise. The company focuses on the development and marketing of varieties for winter wheat, winter rapeseed, winter barley, winter rye, oat and forage grasses. DSV maintains its own breeding station network in Germany and operates through the international DSV Group, which has subsidiaries and distribution partnerships across Western and Central Europe. Products are supplied to grain merchants, cooperative stores, independent agri-dealers and seed multipliers. DSV varieties are registered in national variety lists across Germany, France, the United Kingdom, Poland, Denmark, Austria and Switzerland, with performance data from hundreds of official trial sites informing the marketing of each variety. The company provides agronomic advisory support alongside seed supply, which is important to cooperative and family farms across the cereal belt. DSV also distributes varieties bred by partner companies within the Saaten-Union portfolio.
- Type
- Manufacturer
- Location
- Lippstadt, Germany
- Founded
- 1961
- Website
- dsv-seeds.com
- Categories
- Seeds, Fertilizers & Agro-inputs, Animal Feed & Fodder
- Markets
- Germany, France, United Kingdom, Poland, Denmark, Netherlands, Czechia, Austria, Switzerland, Sweden
Verified facts
- domain-registered (green), checked 2026-08-02 Domain registry record
- debarment-clear (green), checked 2026-08-16 OpenSanctions
- sanctions-clear (green), checked 2026-08-16 OpenSanctions
Profiles
Claimed certifications
- ISO 9001, Quality Management IAF CertSearch
Import rules for these goods
- Seeds and live plants entering the EU need a phytosanitary certificate and pre-notification under the Plant Health Regulation (EU) 2016/2031. European Commission (plant health)